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When I thought of myself as a writer in the 1960s, I questioned what made me go from the left to the right margin, from one page to another. As I thought of the space I was also thinking about time. Then I thought: 'Why am I limiting myself to a piece of paper when there's a world out there?' I focused on performance in the early 1970s because the common language of the time was 'finding oneself.' In a time like that, what else could I do but turn in on myself and then go from me to you? Photography, film, and video were sidesteps–spaces in front of you–whereas I was more interested in the space where you were in the middle. Now I'm involved with peopled spaces–that's design and architecture.

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Maybe I had to stop photographing so that I could learn to touch.

Vito Acconci

Vito Acconci

Vito Acconci

Born: January 24, 1940

Died: April 27, 2017 (aged 77)

Bio: Vito Hannibal Acconci was an American designer, landscape architect, performance and installation artist.

Known for:

Vito Acconci: Diary of a Body, 1969-1973 (2006)
Vito Acconci (2001)
Cornerstones (2011)

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